Stranded pilot whale arrives at SeaWorld

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao 
A stranded pilot whale that was nursed back to health at the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao is now at SeaWorld San Diego.

The Southern Caribbean Cetacean Network says the whale, which washed ashore in July, was flown to San Diego on a cargo plane. Biologists had determined it would not survive if released because it would not rejoin wild pods.

The 1,000-pound creature is adapting to its new surroundings and isn't yet on public display, SeaWorld spokesman David Koontz said Tuesday. The rescued whale will eventually live with the park's two other pilot whales.

Volunteers named the pilot whale "Sully," after pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who guided his crippled jetliner into New York's Hudson River.